Spontaneous Splenic Rupture in a Vivax Malaria Case Treated with Transcatheter Coil Embolization of the Splenic Artery.
10.3347/kjp.2015.53.2.215
- Author:
Na Hee KIM
1
;
Kyung Hee LEE
;
Yong Sun JEON
;
Soon Gu CHO
;
Jun Ho KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea. jhkim7227@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Plasmodium vivax;
malaria;
spleen;
spontaneous rupture;
coil embolization
- MeSH:
Adult;
Embolization, Therapeutic;
Humans;
Malaria, Vivax/*complications;
Male;
Splenic Artery/*surgery;
Splenic Rupture/etiology/*surgery
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2015;53(2):215-218
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
An enlarged spleen is considered one of the most common signs of malaria, and splenic rupture rarely occurs as an important life-threatening complication. Splenectomy has been recommended as the treatment of choice for hemodynamically unstable patients. However, a very limited number of splenic rupture patients have been treated with transcatheter coil embolization. Here we report a 38-year-old Korean vivax malaria patient with ruptured spleen who was treated successfully by embolization of the splenic artery. The present study showed that angiographic embolization of the splenic artery may be an appropriate option to avoid perioperative harmful effects of splenectomy in malaria patients.
